Trinity In Twelve Weeks

How Do I Access It?

To access your Trinity email account you must first activate your computer account via my.tcd.ie and set up your account via Microsoft 365, which involves enabling two-step sign-in and setting your own password. See the IT Services website for full instructions. Once you have done this, to access your Trinity email account:

1. Browse to the MyZone sign-in page.
2. Click the sign-in link near the top left of the page. New students will only be able to sign in after setting up their computer account.
3. Enter your Trinity email address, in the form username@tcd.ie, and your password.
4. You can access your Mail, Calendar and Drive using the links at the top right of the screen via the Apps icon.

What Do I Get From It?

MyZone gives you access to email, and also to Google Drive and your calendar.

What Is It Used For?

Official Communications: you will receive official Trinity communications at your MyZone Trinity email address, so you need to check it regularly, in addition to your my.tcd.ie student information portal. Keeping an eye on both will ensure that you are up to date on all important messages throughout your studies.

You will receive a lot of emails from College, your course, clubs & societies. It is your responsibility to make sure you read them. If an email was sent to you that you did not read, that will not be accepted as an excuse!

MyZone FAQs

What is Blackboard For?

Blackboard Learn (tcd.blackboard.com) is Trinity's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). You will use Blackboard Learn to access learning material and activities for your course, such as:

• Module content, lecture notes, and announcements
• Online lectures, tutorials, and recordings
• Online assessments

Logging In

When you log in, you should find your modules in the 'Modules' tab in the left-hand menu. You can also access Blackboard via the app on your mobile device – however, not all features are available in the app; for some activities, such as submitting assignments, you will need to use your device’s web browser.

What Do I Do If I Can't Find My Module Listed?

If you don’t see the correct modules listed in Blackboard, please check with your School Office to ensure you are timetabled for them and they will update automatically overnight. The modules must be listed on your student record for you to have access to them in Blackboard.

How Do I Submit An Assignment?

Submitting assignments on Blackboard is quite straightforward, but you can watch a video showing you how here:

There are a range of assessment tools in Blackboard - including Blackboard Assignments, Turnitin assignments, tests, journals, and blogs amongst others. Please see the link below for guides on how to use these. Your lecturers manage the availability of assessment tools within each module, so do check with them if you need more information.

How Do I Check My Assignment Grades?

If you submit an assessment through Blackboard, you will also see your grade there when your lecturer has marked it.

TrinityLive

Use the Trinity Live app on your phone to find your way around campus and get access to lots of key Trinity services in the palm of your hand.

You can use it to access your timetable, digital identification, library checkouts, fees and reserves, and more. The app also helps you to find College locations using built-in search, map, and directions features, as well as view how busy popular locations on campus are. Trinity Live is available on both iOS & Android - just search for Trinity Live in the App Store or on Google Play.

MyTrinityApps

MyTrinityApps is a service that gives you easy access to the most popular academic application software for use on your computer from anywhere. This service can be accessed via mytrinityapps.tcd.ie. To log in, you will need your Trinity computer account username and password. You will find the full list of software available when logging into the portal. You can also download various software packages such as SPSS Statistics, SPSS AMOS, and ArcGIS to your own computer with a supported operating system (Windows and macOS).

Office365 for Students

As a student, you have access to the Microsoft 365 Apps suite of software free of charge. This suite includes common applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. You also have access to OneDrive which is a form of personal cloud storage.

You can use Microsoft 365 Apps either online, or download them on up to five devices running Windows, macOS, Android or iOS.

Access to the Microsoft 365 Apps is via office.tcd.ie To log in, you will need your Trinity email address and password.

What is Academic Integrity?

Throughout your studies in Trinity College Dublin you will develop and write assignments that require research. Your ideas will be expressed through words, images, diagrams, and other multi-media forms. As you research, you will be expected to understand and build upon the work of others. This requires acknowledging correctly and fully the contributions of others to your own scholarship. Plagiarism can be seen as stealing someone else’s words or ideas and passing them off as your own, although plagiarism comes in many forms. It may be a new concept to you, but it is your responsibility to ensure the integrity of the work and research you do here.

How to Avoid Plagiarism

In a nutshell, to avoid plagiarism you must cite all words and ideas that you use in your assignments that belonged to someone else. This video gives some tips to avoid plagiarism, but you also must complete the 'Ready Steady Write' tutorial (link below), which will help you understand more about plagiarism and how to avoid it.

'Ready Steady Write' Plagiarism Tutorial

All students need to complete the 'Ready Steady Write' plagiarism tutorial, a resource developed by the Centre for Academic Practice at Trinity College Dublin, to help you understand and avoid plagiarism and develop your academic writing skills and academic integrity. It is designed so that you can view it from beginning to end, or in sections and topics.

Every coversheet that is attached to submitted work must have a completed declaration, confirming that you have completed this tutorial.

Assignment Coversheets

When you have completed the 'Ready Steady Write' tutorial, you must include the below text on the coversheet of all submitted work:

"I have read and I understand the plagiarism provisions in the General Regulations of the University Calendar for the current year, found at https://www.tcd.ie/calendar.

I have also completed the Online Tutorial on avoiding plagiarism, ‘Ready Steady Write’, located at https://libguides.tcd.ie/academic-integrity/ready-steady-write."